Hey, Tony. Did you really think W. was going to surrender his place on top? As long as he holds whatever incriminating photographs he must have of your dallying with a Eveinrude outboard, the friendship will remain one-sided.
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US is a difficult fried, Blair tells Australia
Tania Branigan in Canberra and Will Woodward
The Guardian
March 28, 2006
The “madness” of anti-Americanism in Europe could cause the US to disengage from alliances with other countries, Tony Blair warned yesterday. In a speech to the Australian parliament in Canberra, the prime minister said justice, fairness and security could only be established by an international alliance which “does not end with, but it does begin with” America.
He added: “I do not always agree with the US. Sometimes they can be difficult friends to have. But the strain of anti-American feeling in parts of European politics is madness when set against the long-term interests of the world we believe in. The danger with America today is not that they are too much involved. The danger is they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage.”
Read the entire article here.
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